Chapter 618: Counting is Counting

Colonel Bill returned to Urasoe Airport with a group of American troops trembling......

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"Password!" Still uneasy, Bill shouted from a distance.

"British!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Gendarmerie!" Bill responded.

Tonight's password has a bit of an identifying flavor...... Because the Chinese Expeditionary Force has always used British military uniforms, it is nicknamed "British" by American soldiers.

American GIs, on the other hand, ridiculed themselves as "gendarmes" because they often only need to manage discipline on the battlefield (discipline is always a big problem for the US military).

For the fact that the expeditionary force is still using British military uniforms, some people have actually proposed to let the Chinese expeditionary force use American military uniforms (the historical expeditionary forces have partially changed to American military uniforms during this period, the main reason is that American helmets have better protection than British saucer helmets, and the supply of American military uniforms in the later period is more sufficient), but considering one factor, that is, the Japanese army often wears American helmets on the battlefield for infiltration, if the Chinese army is allowed to change into American military uniforms, it is undoubtedly asking for trouble and bringing convenience to the Japanese army...... At that time, if a few Japanese soldiers wore American helmets, the Americans would not be able to tell whether they were Chinese soldiers or Japanese soldiers.

"General!" Bill walked up to Zhang Chi before recognizing Zhang Chi and hurriedly stood upright.

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded and ordered, "Take your troops back to your posts!" Don't lose the airport again! ā€

"Yes!" Colonel Bill answered, and after walking a few steps, he turned back and pleaded, "General, I wonder if you can leave a battalion to help us garrison?" You know, Urasoe Airport is important, and we're not sure if the Japanese will attack the airport again! ā€

"I can't do it!" Zhang Chi replied: "Because we don't have more than one battalion ......."

Colonel Bill said incredulously, "So...... Who took back the airport? ā€

Zhang Chi asked rhetorically: "Colonel Bill, who do you think took back the airport?" ā€

Colonel Bill couldn't help but keep his mouth half-open for a long time...... He couldn't believe it was true, and he even counted the number of Chinese troops when they withdrew, but in the end he had to believe it.

Of course, Zhang Chi would not waste time by placing the 2nd Independent Battalion at Urasoe Airport, because he knew that the penetration of the sea organized by the Japanese army was more of a sneak attack, and once this kind of sneak attack was discovered, it would not be possible to carry out a second ...... The US Navy controls sea and air supremacy, even at night, and the US military only needs to send a few reconnaissance planes to patrol the coastal waters and block the sea with artillery or naval guns.

Therefore, the problem that Bill feared could not have happened, at most, it was just a desperate attack by the hundreds of Japanese troops who had fled into the darkness.

In the next step, Zhang Chi pulled the 2nd Independent Battalion to the steep slope of Pengyuan as a reserve, in case there would be an accident when the Japanese army broke through the US defense line...... However, the 2nd Independent Battalion did not come in handy in the end, and the fire support of the American troops and American artillery of the two tank companies had blocked the steep slope like an impregnable wall, and it was useless to let the Japanese tanks and infantry rush in a wave.

In other words, the crisis of the US military can be said to be completely solved.

So when Zhang Chi returned to the headquarters, there was a round of applause in the headquarters, and the US officers said to Zhang Chi one after another:

"Well done, sir!"

"A great fight, sir!"

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"Major General!" Geiger walked up to Zhang Chi, held Zhang Chi's hand, and said with emotion: "Many people call you the 'firefighter' unit...... I think they have a point, you and your army are formidable adversaries. It is clear that the Japanese are in trouble! ā€

"I have a request, General!" Zhang Chi said.

"Of course!" Geiger replied: "You have saved the whole battle, and it can be said that you have saved the lives of countless American soldiers, as long as the demands are reasonable, we will be satisfied!" ā€

"No, General, you misunderstood!" Zhang Chi replied: "I don't want to get anything, but I hope we can confuse the Japanese with information!" ā€

"Confusing the Japanese?" Geiger was puzzled.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi pointed to the map and explained: "We know that the two interspersed Japanese troops have been wiped out by us, but it is very likely that the Japanese do not know. ā€

Geiger nodded, especially the Japanese army attacking Urasoe Airport, which was annihilated before Geig could even react, and its speed was almost enough to set a record for the Pacific Theater.

"So......" Zhang Chi said, "If we had announced the news of the victory later, or even pretended to be nervous, the Japanese would have thought that these two interspersed forces would probably have just lost contact with them......

"Oh!" Hearing this, Geiger couldn't help but suddenly realize: "Then the Japanese will continue to attack our defense line!" ā€

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded.

This trick is called "counting the plan"...... It was obviously much easier to destroy the attacking Japanese than to dig them out of the tunnels one by one as before, and the Sino-American coalition naturally preferred the former.

Ushijima on the other side is not calm.

"What's going on?" Ushijima, who has always been calm, walked back and forth anxiously at this time, and said to himself: "That's two wings, how could they suddenly disappear?!" ā€

The two wings that Ushijima is referring to are the 26th and 23rd wings that carry out interspersed missions.

Among them, the 26th Wing fell into the trap of the Chinese army, and the commander was killed at the first time, and the communication corps was killed without having time to report back, so it was "disappeared" for Ushijima Man.

The 23rd Wing of the Japanese Army had time to report, but its Wing Commander Fukuyama Osa was also a militant who was deeply influenced by militaristic ideas like Staff Officer Nagayu, and he launched a jade attack on Yomitan Airfield after a long time of attacking Yomitan Airfield, and he even hoped to report after taking Yomiya Airfield...... So what the final result was, Ushijima Man also didn't know what happened after that.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Staff Officer Chang Yong replied excitedly: "We heard the Americans' radio station, their airfield has fallen, and the artillery unit has been attacked...... We did it! The Americans will soon have supply problems! ā€

"Oh!" Ushijima Manza seemed to have taken a shot in the arm, and immediately ordered: "Order all troops to continue to attack, mainly to consume the enemy's ammunition!" ā€

"Yes!"